As an employer who is giving
consideration to hiring people with disabilities, you have undoubtedly come
across questions about the Americans
with Disabilities Act, about how to find qualified employees, about tax incentives, about communication, and about myths and facts about hiring people with disabilities. ETR offers a range of resources to employers to assist in answering your questions and in providing you with practical information that can facilitate your efforts to develop a diversified
workforce.
Benefits and Opportunities for
Employers Who Hire People With Disabilities
- By opening your job searches to qualified people with disabilities, you
gain access to a new and vital talent pool of workers
- A healthy workforce includes people with different abilities
- A diverse workforce gives you a competitive advantage by adding new ideas,
viewpoints and approaches to solving your business challenges
- Your employees and customers appreciate diversity
- Making accommodations for people with disabilities is usually easy and
inexpensive, and can actually carry a return
- The average accommodation costs less than $500
- Companies earn an average return of $28.69 for every dollar invested in
making an accommodation
- Employing people with disabilities makes good business sense because it
has a direct impact on your bottom line
- Retention rates among people with disabilities are higher than average
thus reducing training costs
- People with disabilities are loyal customers to businesses who support
them
- Customers with disabilities control discretionary income of nearly $200
billion (twice the teen market)
Information on Employing People with
Disabilities
The following links provide employers with
information about the Americans with Disabilities Act, tax incentives, referral
services, job accommodations, hiring practices, and helpful links to a variety
of state and federal web sites including the MA Department of Workforce
Development and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment
Policy.
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Page last updated on
August 03, 2006
